• Deborah Selemon

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    My interest in nuclear fusion began when an undergraduate internship in Nigeria directly exposed me to the negative impact of burning fossil fuels for electricity generation. Following this experience, I pursued...

  • Brian Steward

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    My PhD project is centered around synthetic diagnostics for magnetic confinement fusion at the MAST-U experiment. I am working on implementing synthetic diagnostics for soft x-rays emitted from plasma where...

  • Rose Blyth

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    I am starting a PhD project at Durham University, supervised by Prof Marco Cecconello, where I will be working closely with fellow CDT students Brian Steward and Ian Dolby. My...

  • Jake Ineson

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    Prior to starting my PHD, I completed an integrated master’s in Physics (MPhys) at the University of Manchester. During this time, I discovered my passion for computational and applied physics....

  • Yuyao Wang

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    I obtained my BSc degree in Physics from the University of Bath in 2017 and graduated from the University of St. Andrews with an MSc Degree in Astrophysics in 2018. ...

  • Tobias Schuett

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    I completed my undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of Münster during which I spent the final year at the University of York and worked on the detection and...

  • Ted Hicks

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    After completing an Meng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester, I worked as a mechanical engineer in the nuclear industry supporting a materials testing lab. As a firm...

  • Rollo Hutson

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    I am starting an experimental PhD in Durham’s Superconductivity Group, supervised by Professor Damian Hampshire, as part of the EPSRC’s Fusion CDT. I previously finished a master’s degree in Engineering...

  • Nour Hammoud

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    I am a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Tungsten is a candidate material for the UK Atomic Energy Authority ‘STEP’ (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme. Recent work...

  • Noah Chulu-Chinn

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    My project is titled ‘Energy Transport Investigation in a Spherical Tokomak by Means of Integrated Modelling and Gyrokinetic Theory’.  Large scale instabilities in a Tokomak plasma can cause particle and...